Tenderfoot
Rank Requirements*

Present yourself to your leader, properly dressed, before going on an
overnight camping trip. Show the camping gear you will use. Show the right
way to pack and carry it.

Spend at least one night on a patrol or troop campout. Sleep in a tent
you have helped pitch.

On the campout, assist in preparing and cooking one of your patrol's
meals. Tell why it is important for each patrol member to share in
meal preparation and cleanup, and explain the importance of eating together.

Demonstrate how to whip and fuse the ends of a
rope.

Demonstrate that you know how to tie the following knots and tell
what their uses are: two half hitches and the taut-line hitch.

Using the EDGE method teach another person how to tie the square
knot.

Explain the rules of safe hiking, both on the highway and cross-country,
during the day and at night. Explain what to do if you are lost.

Explain the importance of the buddy system as it relates to your personal
safety on outings and in your neighborhood. Describe what a bully is and
how you should respond to one.

Record your best in the following tests:

Push-ups

Pull-ups

Sit-ups

Standing long jump

1/4 mile walk/run

Show improvement in the activities listed in requirement 10a after
practicing for 30 days.

Identify local poisonous plants; tell how to treat for exposure to them.

Demonstrate how to care for someone who is choking.

Show first aid for the following:

Simple cuts and scrapes

Blisters on the hand and foot

Minor (thermal/heat) burns or scalds (superficial, or first
degree)

Bites and stings of insects and ticks

Venomous snakebite

Nosebleed

Frostbite and sunburn

Demonstrate scout spirit by living the Scout
Oath (Promise) and Scout Law in your everyday life.
Discuss four specific examples of how you have lived the points of the Scout
Law in your daily life.

Participate in a Scoutmaster conference.

Successfully complete your board of review for the Tenderfoot rank.

*For Varsity Scouts working on Boy Scout requirements, replace "troop" with
"team” and "Scoutmaster" with "Varsity Scout Coach." The requirements for Tenderfoot,
Second Class, and First Class ranks may be worked on simultaneously; however,
these ranks must be earned in sequence. Alternate Requirements
for the Tenderfoot rank are available for Scouts with physical or mental
disabilities if they meet the criteria listed on page 13 of this
(i.e. the Boy Scout Requirements) book.

Please note that Requirement 15 - (Successfully complete your board of review for the Tenderfoot rank.)
MAY be done AFTER the Scout' has reached age 18. All other requirements must
be completed BEFORE the Scout's 18th Birthday.

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